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Cold War/Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 2hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the correct countries that supported North & South Korea during the Korean War

a)

North Korea-Germany

b)

South Korea-Great Britain

c)

South Korea-United States

d)

North Korea-USSR

2.

Which 2 superpowers were involved in the Cold War?

a)

Britain and the Soviet Union

b)

France and Germany

c)

Japan and the Soviet Union

d)

The U.S. and the Soviet Union

3.

Why did the U.S. enter the Korean War?

a)

It did not want another country in southeast Asia to fall under communism

b)

It did not want another country to be split

c)

It wanted to attack North Korea

d)

It wanted to sell more weapons to its allies

4.

What best describes the Soviet satellite Sputnik?

a)

The first satellite launched into space

b)

The first satellite to reach the moon

c)

The first satellite to carry a person into space

d)

The first satellite to carry a laboratory rat into space

5.

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

To expand trade with Europe

b)

To limit the build up of nuclear weapons

c)

To stop the spread of communism at all cost

d)

to send financial aid to Europe

6.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution during the Vietnam War granted President Johnson...

a)

A reduction in US involvement in Vietnam

b)

Enhancement Congressional involvement in Vietnam

c)

Ability to increase US troop involvement in Vietnam without Congressional approval

d)

The ability to imprison any Anti-Vietnam War protestor

7.

This measure abolished poll taxes & literacy tests, which often eliminated African Americans from voting

a)

13th amendment

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

14th amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

8.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 led to ending of which laws in the South...

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Affirmative Action

d)

Habeas Corpus

9.

Congress passed this after WWII to help rebuild Western Europe by spending $13 billion in economic aid and oppose communism...

a)

War Powers Act

b)

League of Nations

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d)

Marshall Plan

10.

Idea that justified U.S. involvement in Vietnam War; states if one country falls to the influence of communism, then surrounding countries would fall too

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Mutually Assured Destruction

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Truman Doctrine

11.

What Supreme Court case integrated the nation’s public schools and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

There is no such supreme court case

12.

This President was assassinated in Dallas TX in 1963; his death sped up civil rights legislation

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

13.
During the Cold War, Russia was a part of a larger group of republics?
a)
China
b)
Soviet Union
c)
United Arab Emirates
d)
United Kingdom
14.
How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision help the civil rights movement?
a)
It led to the overturning of many public segregation laws
b)
It caused Southern leaders to reevaluate their position on civil rights.
c)
It resulted in the appointment of the first African American Supreme Court Justice
d)
It led to the formation of the NAACP
15.
Why was the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement?
a)
It protected African American voting rights, giving the community a political voice in the South.
b)
It was achieved through compromise between African American leaders and Southern white leaders
c)
It was the first civil rights law passed since Reconstruction
d)
It caused an upsurge of violence against protesters in Selma
16.
Among the provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was:
a)
the right of states to legislate segregation.
b)
the ability of states to bring pro-segregation lawsuits against the federal government.
c)
the establishment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
d)
the enactment of the federal anti-lynching law
17.
The frustration of impoverished African Americans resulted in _____________ in the late 1960's.
a)
economic protests
b)
civil lawsuits
c)
race riots
d)
new anti-discrimination laws
18.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
19.

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

a)

stop spread of communism

b)

Money for Western Europe to rebuild

c)

Supplies for Western Europe

d)

all of the above

20.

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

a)

The Marshall Plan

b)

The policy of Containment

c)

The Riga Axioms

d)

The Domino Theory

21.

What was Marshall's biggest fear?

a)

Communist takeover from Soviet Union

b)

World War 3

c)

Economic ruin for America

d)

Alien encounter

22.

What caused the Berlin Crisis?

a)

The Soviets invaded into West Berlin

b)

The Soviets invaded into West Germany

c)

The Soviets cut off road and rail access to West Berlin from West Germany

d)

The Soviets stopped giving supplies to East Berlin

23.

How did France, Great Britain, & the U.S. get around the Soviet road and rail blockade of West Berlin?

a)

They declared war on the Soviet Union

b)

They sent supplies to West Berlin using airplanes

c)

They sent troops and supplies to West Berlin

d)

The sent supplies to West Berlin using naval vessels

24.

How did the Soviet Union gain access to nuclear weapons in 1949?

a)

They used kidnapped German scientists to continue Nazi research into atomic weapons.

b)

Soviet scientists figured it out on their own.

c)

Soviet satellites captured images of US nuclear silos

d)

Soviet spies stole US nuclear secrets that the Soviets copied.

25.

Which of these describes the "Arms Race?"

a)

The United States and Soviet Union competing to make superior sattelites

b)

The US and Soviet Union fighting over space technology

c)

The US and Soviet Union competing to make more powerful nuclear weapons

d)

The population boom competition between the US and Soviet Union

26.

How did the Soviets begin the "Space Race" which started in 1957?

a)

They launched the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

b)

They launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik into space

c)

They created the first space station

d)

They produced the largest hydrogen bomb ever

27.

Why did the launch of Sputnik frighten many in the United States?

a)

It meant the Soviet Union could stop all nuclear attacks sent their way

b)

It made them feel they fell behind the Soviets in technology and they had more powerful nuclear rockets

c)

They believed the USSR would soon declare war on the US

d)

It made Americans feel an impending invasion of US soil was happening

28.

What committee did Congress set up in order to look for Communists both inside and outside the government?

a)

House Unconstitutional Communist Activities

b)

House Season 2 Finale

c)

House Un-American Activities Committee

d)

House Un-American Active Communists

29.

Why did the HUAC investigate Hollywood?

a)

the growing belief that communist pop culture was getting into films

b)

the growing belief that communist propaganda was getting into films

c)

the growing belief that communist paparazzi was getting into films

d)

the growing behemoth, the communist panda, was getting into the oil spill

30.
Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Cold War
d)
Brinkmanship
31.
What contributed to the end of Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey.
b)
The discovery that the missles had been removed from Cuba
c)
Castor's promise to restore democracy
d)
Castro's promise to break with the Soviet Union
32.
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
a)
To embarrass America
b)
To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
c)
To reduce cold war tensions
d)
To demonstrate the success of Communism
33.
The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Operation Rolling Thunders
34.
Vietcong
a)
South Vietnam force
b)
North Vietnam force
c)
North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
d)
Another name for Communists
35.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
36.
Agent Orange
a)
Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions
b)
Term used to describe the South Vietnamese agents because they 
c)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
37.
Guerrilla Warfare
a)
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush
b)
Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers
c)
Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest
38.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
39.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
40.

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

a)

Baby Boom ­

b)

Baby Gap

c)

GI Bill

d)

Transistor

41.

_____________ rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the ruling of unsegregated public places.

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

National Organization for Women

c)

United Farm Workers

d)

Counterculture

42.

What president assured the nation that "we shall overcome" when he signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also took steps to end discrimination earlier when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Harry Truman

43.

The 24th Amendment prohibits Congress and States from...?

a)

Allowing citizens to license, produce, supply, or possess substances which are recognized as mind altering.

b)

Verifying the owner's right to their own creative work.

c)

Using any method to keep someone from voting based on ethnicity.

d)

­Abolishing an earlier quota system based on national origin and

established a new immigration policy.

44.

Gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.

a)

23rd Amendment

b)

24th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

45.

Gave women the right to vote

a)

19th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

23rd Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

46.
Slavery was abolished in 1865 by
a)
Amendment 3
b)
Amendment 4
c)
Amendment 13
d)
Amendment 14
47.

Which amendment guarantees citizenship to a person born in the United States?

a)

Amendment 13

b)

Amendment 19

c)

Amendment 14

d)

Amendment 1

48.

Which Amendment states voting cannot be discriminated against based on a person's race or background?

a)

Amendment 13

b)

Amendment 19

c)

Amendment 9

d)

Amendment 15

49.

The 14th amendment was to gave all U.S. citizens what?

a)

equal protection under the law

b)

citizenship by birth on U.S. land

c)

both of these

50.

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

a)

the Brown v. Board of Education case

b)

Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

c)

Reconstruction

d)

equal pay for equal work

51.

What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

52.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

a)

"Separate but equal"

b)

"Give me liberty or give me death."

c)

"By any means necessary"

53.
African Americans were kept apart from other Americans in many public places, such as schools, hotels, and restaurants. This is called ______.
a)
a boycott
b)
civil rights
c)
a debate
d)
segregation
54.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
55.
Students wore black arm bands protesting Vietnam War and they were suspended. The court decided that a student does not shed his rights at the school door.  Black armbands to protest the Vietnam War can be worn since they are not disruptive.
a)
Mendez v. Wesminister School
b)
Sweatt v. Painter
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
56.
Which court case integrated the University of Texas Law School?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Sweatt v. Painter
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop
d)
Hernandez v. Texas
57.
What main problem does MLK address in the "I Have a Dream" speech?
a)
African Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence
b)
African Americans do not have the same religious freedom as other groups
c)
African Americans have more rights than whites and are discriminating against them
d)
No one reads the speeches of Abraham Lincoln anymore
58.
To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?
a)
ministers who criticized King's efforts
b)
whites who arrested King for no reason
c)
his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
his wife and his lawyer
59.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

a)

willingness to speak publicly

b)

Opposition to segregation

c)

Desire to help African Americans

d)

Methods of Protest

60.

What was a main goal of the Black Panthers?

a)

Push for equal pay

b)

Challenge police brutality in African American communities

c)

Push for equal education opportunities

d)

All of the above

61.

What larger movement did the Panthers emerge from?

a)

The Civil Rights Movement

b)

The Chicano Movement

c)

The Native American Movement

d)

None of the above

62.

What was the result of Rosa Parks getting kicked off the bus

a)

bus boycott

b)

riot

c)

sit-ins

d)

little rock nine

63.
Rosa Parks stood up for civil rights by_________.
a)
attending meetings, rallies, and marches
b)
starting fights
c)
hurting people
d)
she didn't do anything
64.
Rosa Parks got arrested because
a)
she got in a fought
b)
wouldn't give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
c)
she went to a rally
d)
she didn't get arrested
65.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
66.

King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in lines 19–20 because they

a)

faced poverty and discrimination.

b)

issued promissory notes to United States banks.

c)

believed in equality of rights for all.

d)

eliminated slavery.

67.

Read the quote.


“On Sunday, June 25th, Communist forces attacked the Republic of Korea.


This attack has made it clear, beyond all doubt, that the international Communist movement is willing to use armed invasion to conquer independent nations. An act of aggression such as this creates a very real danger to the security of all free nations.”


… excerpt from President Harry S. Truman’s speech regarding Korea (July 19, 1950)


What conclusions can you draw about the United States' involvement in the Korean War?

a)

The United States became involved in the Korean War to gain more allies for future world wars.

b)

The United States became involved in the Korean War to protect their trade routes to China.

c)

The United States became involved in the Korean War to prevent the spread of communism around the world.

d)

The United States became involved in the Korean War to stop Emperor Hirohito from conquering Korea.

68.

Read the passage.


“During Harry Truman’s presidency, food and supplies were dropped to the people of Berlin, Germany. They were experiencing starvation because of blocks set up by the Soviet Union.”


What was the "drop" called?

a)

VJ Day

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Communist Containment Policy

d)

Berlin Airlift

69.
Who leads a Communist revolution in Cuba?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Nikita Gorbachev
70.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
71.

How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

a)

It decreased consumer spending.

b)

It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

c)

It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.

d)

It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.

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